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~Kezia~

2009-01-19 19:08

Spoiler for sigh..:

In the end..Stein left with Medusa, well at least thats how they made it look like, and Mary commited suicide in his insanity O.O that made me go wtf all the way! also kid stein ish kawaii >w<

Kotobasuu

2009-01-19 19:11

Yup, this week was pretty much Stein crack and more basketball.

Spoiler for ep + future anime&manga:

On a side note, maybe my translation skills are still really rusty but when Joe and Shinigami-sama were talking, i think i heard Joe say something about giving the brew to Kid.. which could possibly be leading to epic free & mosquito fight maybe? Dunno how that'd work though, especially if he isnt going to Baba Yaga castle.

Interesting episode nonetheless.

~Kezia~

2009-01-19 19:53

something still feels off though...

Spoiler for not because...:

...they aren' following the manga now

its something else and i can't put the right word for it -.-

Hisago

2009-01-19 21:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~Kezia~
(Post 2170332)

Spoiler for sigh..:

In the end..Stein left with Medusa, well at least thats how they made it look like, and Mary commited suicide in his insanity O.O that made me go wtf all the way! also kid stein ish kawaii >w<

I'm fairly sure that thing with Marie didn't happen, given the summary of the episode that comes... after this one? Or in two episodes. If you look it up, you'll see.

carcanclaw

2009-01-19 22:08

Not quite as good as the last episode, but the preview shows the beginning of epic things.

Spoiler for Ep details:

Wolf-Spirit was bizarre, but it was interesting how he was cast as the guard for the gate leading to Medusa. Marie's "suicide" was strange; when Stein saw her shoe fall, I half expected him to look up and see she'd hung herself.

I'm mostly wondering what Stein's inner child was saying to him, as it seemed like he was the one who truly convinced Stein to enter the door. (And how did he even find Medusa's hideout, anyway?)

Clarste

2009-01-19 22:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by carcanclaw
(Post 2170562)

Not quite as good as the last episode, but the preview shows the beginning of epic things.

Spoiler for Ep details:

Wolf-Spirit was bizarre, but it was interesting how he was cast as the guard for the gate leading to Medusa. Marie's "suicide" was strange; when Stein saw her shoe fall, I half expected him to look up and see she'd hung herself.

I'm mostly wondering what Stein's inner child was saying to him, as it seemed like he was the one who truly convinced Stein to enter the door. (And how did he even find Medusa's hideout, anyway?)

Spoiler:

Considering that Medusa said she was going out to pick up her lover, it seems likely that she found him rather than him going all the way to her hideout. Well, maybe. My limited understanding of Japanese makes watching these episodes that aren't based on the manga a bit less straightforward than it used to be. :heh:

~Kezia~

2009-01-20 00:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clarste
(Post 2170598)

Spoiler:

Considering that Medusa said she was going out to pick up her lover, it seems likely that she found him rather than him going all the way to her hideout. Well, maybe. My limited understanding of Japanese makes watching these episodes that aren't based on the manga a bit less straightforward than it used to be. :heh:

Spoiler for she does -.-:

yeah i watched the episode in spanish since i really wanted to see it and didn't wanted to wait for the english sub, but she said boyfriend so in other words lover -_- the door seems to have led to where he felt more free with the insanity and sadly, it was with Medusa, all that brainwash did pretty good after all D=

Jaxthebat

2009-01-20 11:37

Yess...

Spoiler for Episode:

I'm personally enjoying the route they are taking with the mostly Bones-only storyline, and this was a great episode to show just how weird they can get with it. Am I the only one that was thinking SILENT HILL? As for the 'dream world', I want to think Medusa had a huge hand in the images he saw there as well-- including that younger version of himself, because it looked a lot like her. Wouldn't surprise me if she had two hallucinations fighting one another for the sake of coaxing him to her side. My Japanese is limited, but I heard the kid mention 'the world changing' quite a bit in his speeches, which seems to be Medusa's spiel. I can't wait though. I've had my fingers crossed in hopes they would end up playing up Stein's insanity (Which they have beeen, wonderfully.) and possibly even make him become an antagonist for a little while, and it looks like that may be the case.
Also, more love for Marie, Crona, Asura and even Spirit. And even Maka's mother! All these dropped hints make me wonder if we'll actually get to see her at some point before the anime comes to a close. Here's to hoping the other three teams get some love and attention as well. They're at least in the ED if that's a good indication.

Sinestra

2009-01-20 19:03

I went back to rewatch the new ED again since i freakin love the song and the imagery and i think i caught something that i didnt see before but my eyes maybe playing tricks on me

Near the very end of the new ED we Asura and it looks like he is powering up and a shit load of light is coming out from him. He is standing on something i looked closely and paused it and it looked like he was standing on Shinigami's mask but only broken.

could someone else take a look and confirm or deny.

Kotobasuu

2009-01-20 23:29

^
I'm pretty sure thats just a piece of shibusen, it looks a little too big to be his mask.

Sinestra

2009-01-21 11:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kotobasuu
(Post 2172439)

^
I'm pretty sure thats just a piece of shibusen, it looks a little too big to be his mask.

ok cool i guess it was just the angle that made it look it was broken mask. I did notice a couple of other things though once again with Asura but im going to sit on that theory for a bit.

[MTT]Kamikaze

2009-01-22 10:07

It is a rock shaped like Shinigami-sama's mask. Youc can confirm that at the very begining when there is more of the rock.

KousaCross

2009-01-22 10:59

Parts of Shibusen are shaped like Shinigami's mask, so I figured that's what it is.

Sinestra

2009-01-22 11:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by [MTT]Kamikaze
(Post 2174887)

It is a rock shaped like Shinigami-sama's mask. Youc can confirm that at the very begining when there is more of the rock.

Quote:

Originally Posted by KousaCross
(Post 2174934)

Parts of Shibusen are shaped like Shinigami's mask, so I figured that's what it is.

I was getting some symbolism vibes behind the scene. I dont know if its a part of Shibusen or Shinigami's mask itself but either one could have some meaning behind it.

noktown

2009-01-23 10:57

Wow this anime is good yet really complicated,i mean there is so many things to worry about,makes you wonder how r they going to handle everything ;d

1)Soul gets infected with black blood,even though I'm pretty sure it's going to power him up in the future,but i just hope he won't come out of Moka's body.
1)Revival of this Demon God
2)Revival of Arachne or w/e the name is...
3)Revival of Medusa(just when i finally thought we got rid of her,and the poor Crona could live happily) << Reminds me of Orochimaru.
4)Poor Crona is now a spy for Medusa,unwillingly but still a spy.

And I'm only on the 34th Episode right now ;d

With every episode there is more and more trouble ;d

BigGimp77

2009-01-23 16:30

So they are going to do an Anime-original ending?

I haven't been reading the manga... I will probably pick it up if they do Anime-original ending though.

There seems to be alot that needs wrapped up in 10 episodes.

lmd_84

2009-01-23 16:34

They've already started doing an anime original storyline, and it looks as though they're taking some more points from the manga (as in the next episode preview) whilst very much heading in their own direction.

noktown

2009-01-23 19:29

What does it mean "anime original storyline" ?They'r going to ignore the manga and make their own ending ?

What for ?The Manga and the anime are pretty popular,why would they want to end it now ?

Darksong17

2009-01-23 22:57

Oh man, this episode. Where do I begin? I love, love, love where the anime is going with the series so far (especially as a Medusa x Stein fan).

This episode was definitely one of my favorites of the series. I think that the 'in the madness of Stein's mind' thing was done really well and that the whole thing was wonderfully creepy. I squeed like mad when it was revealed that he did indeed end up going to meet with Medusa, and that crazy laugh at the end sent chills down my spine. I love it.